>You Load 16 Books & What Did You Get?

Abandoning….no, that last one’s a little bit strong. Anyway, you get the idea. He’s outta here when his contract finishes next month.

Yesterday we were sitting in his office eating chicken. It was delicious. He ordered in two kinds — the regular fried chicken and the one with the spicy sauce with sesame seeds over that, and this time, they didn’t skimp on the sesame seeds. I was trying to enjoy the food and conversation, but I got to thinking that there wouldn’t be many more lunches like this. Then I tried to remind myself that people come and go over here; this is the way of the expat. Then I wasn’t hungry.

I hadn’t quite worked up to full-scale brooding, but my conversational skills were waning, and even on the verge of sucking. CanadaBoy must have noticed, so he told me that I could have first crack at the books stored in his cabinet. Here’s what I found and took back to my office:

The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint Exupery

The Little Prince –in English and Korean. [Obviously, I’m up to something here.]

Kim – Rudyard Kipling [I’ve never read Kipling. I like his name, though. Both of ’em.]

Driving Over Lemons – Chris Stewart [The former drummer for Genesis moves to Spain and runs a peasant farm. I loves me some ‘life abroad’ stories.]